11. How many pounds of raw material are needed to make one unit of each of the two products? Pounds of raw materials per unit Alpha Beta
11. How many pounds of raw material are needed to make one unit of each of the two products? Pounds of raw materials per unit Alpha Beta
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![Cane Company manufactures two products called Alpha and Beta that sell for $175 and $135, respectively. Each product
uses only one type of raw material that costs $5 per pound. The company has the capacity to annually produce 117,000
units of each product. Its average cost per unit for each product at this level of activity are given below:
Direct materials
Direct labor
Variable manufacturing overhead
Traceable fixed manufacturing overhead
Variable selling expenses
Common fixed expenses
Total cost per unit
The company considers its traceable fixed manufacturing overhead to be avoidable, whereas its common fixed expenses
are unavoidable and have been allocated to products based on sales dollars.
11. How many pounds of raw material are needed to make one unit of each of the two products?
Pounds of raw materials per unit
Alpha
Beta
$ 40
$15
30
30
18
16
26
29
23
19
26
21
$ 163 $ 130
Alpha
Beta](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F13ffb487-410c-4808-947c-8212d0ee5563%2F3c6f242a-c9fc-419c-8989-7494b5fb25a7%2Fr6adtwe_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Cane Company manufactures two products called Alpha and Beta that sell for $175 and $135, respectively. Each product
uses only one type of raw material that costs $5 per pound. The company has the capacity to annually produce 117,000
units of each product. Its average cost per unit for each product at this level of activity are given below:
Direct materials
Direct labor
Variable manufacturing overhead
Traceable fixed manufacturing overhead
Variable selling expenses
Common fixed expenses
Total cost per unit
The company considers its traceable fixed manufacturing overhead to be avoidable, whereas its common fixed expenses
are unavoidable and have been allocated to products based on sales dollars.
11. How many pounds of raw material are needed to make one unit of each of the two products?
Pounds of raw materials per unit
Alpha
Beta
$ 40
$15
30
30
18
16
26
29
23
19
26
21
$ 163 $ 130
Alpha
Beta
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